Denmark names new energy minister: DENMARK: The new Danish government has named Lars Christian Lilleholt as it...

Lilleholt is a member of the liberal Venstre Party, which formed a minority government following the election on 18 June. The election results meant Venstre slipped from being the second-largest party in the Danish Parliament to third. Venstre is however, the lead party in the "blue bloc" of centre-right parties in Denmark. Venstre formed a minority government after "blue bloc" parties were unable to form a majority coalition government. Its leader, Lars Lokke Rasmussen has become prime minister. Lilleholt replaces Rasmus Helveg Petersen of the Danish Social Liberal Party, who was in office since February 2014. Lilleholt had previously been the energy spokesperson for his party. FTI Consulting head of wind energy Feng Zhao said energy policy is unlikely to change under the new government as all parties have signed up to ending the use of fossil fuels in the country by 2050...